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Manchester Mineira CW Contest
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The Brazilian CW GROUP - CWJF
invites all amateurs in South America
to participate in the general 13th Edition ( 2005 )
and nineth in the South of America
of the well-known Manchester Mineira CW Contest


Purpose:
  Make as many as possible 2-way CW contacts with stations
  of same country and all countries in the South America.


Date and Period:
  In the third full weekend in May

    2005: May 21 and 22

    Starting Saturday 1500 UTC; ending Sunday 2400 UTC


Bands & Mode:
  3.5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz - A1A ( CW ) only.

  No cross band contacts. No WARC bands.


Call:
  CQ JF TEST


Exchange:

    • a) RST
    • b) RST / M (Members only)
    • c) RST / QRP (QRP station only)
    • d) RST / YL (YL station only)


Points:

    • a) QSO’s confirmed, 2 points (including own country)
    • b) QSO’s with Members, QRP and YL, 5 points


Multipliers:
  Every different prefix worked in every band.


Final Scoring:
  The final score will be the sum of all valid points in all bands
  multiplied by the sum of valid multipliers in all bands.

  The Contest Committee may discard points and multipliers of claimed
  QSO’s with stations that did not send log and whose calls were not
  mentioned in, at least, 5 logs received from other contestants.


Categories:

    • a) Single Operator / Single Band / 80 - 40 - 20 - 15 - 10
    • b) Single Operator / All Band
    • c) Single Operator / QRP / All Band (maximum 10 W output)
    • d) Class C / All Band / PU’s / (Brazil station only)
    • e) Clubs or Groups / Multi Op. / Single Tx / All Band


Awards:
  Manchester Mineira Trophy will be granted to the top scorer of the
  contest.

  Trophy for the top three scorers of each category may also be
  granted.


Special Calls:
  Special prefixes during the CWJF test will be used by many stations
  of Brazil. They will be very valuable to many coveted awards.


Log:
  A log with separate lists for each worked band must be sent to:

    CWJF Contest Committee
    P O Box 410
    JUIZ DE FORA - MG, 36001-970
    BRAZIL

  or via e-mail:

    cwjf(at)powerline.com.br


Final Results:
  If you wish to receive complete results of this Manchester Mineira
  Contest, please enclose 2 IRC’s.

  It is requested that the list for each band includes date, time,
  call of each station worked, sent and received exchanges, points
  and a multiplier column that shows a multiplier only when it is
  worked for the first time in the band listed.

  Call, name, postal address, city, country, category chosen by the
  participant and claimed score per valid band must be clearly informed
  in first sheet of log.

  Logs received after June 30, or not made in accordance to these
  rules, will be considered check-logs.


    BEST WISHES TO YOU FROM THE CWJF GROUP!

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    THE SUCCESS OF THE MANCHESTER MINEIRA CW CONTEST
       REPRESENTS THE VICTORY OF ALL US CW LOVERS
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Date of info: 3 May, 2005
  - Source: The 2004 Results Booklet and the CWJF Web Site
              - http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/eng4.htm#regulamento -


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This contest is known to be supported by:

  All In One by WD8KNC: http://www.geocities.com/ghafler.geo/wd8knc.html
           N1MM Logger: http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/

SM3CER Contest Service Software Page
  http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/software.htm


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MORE INFO:

  CWJF Web Site: http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf/


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Please send corrections/changes/new rules/results to:
  Jan-Eric Rehn - SM3CER
  sm3cer(at)contesting.com

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